Andy Garcia
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Andy Garcia was born on April 12, 1956 in Havana, Cuba. He is an Academy Award-nominated Cuban-born American actor.
Movie star Andy Garcia is a Cuban American leading man known especially for his Oscar-nominated role as Vincent Mancini, the hot-headed nephew from Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather: Part III (1990).
He began getting regular work as an actor in the mid-1980s and had memorable roles in the feature films 8 Million Ways to Die (1986) starring with Jeff Bridges and The Untouchables (1987).
He was the lead in 1990's Internal Affairs, opposite Richard Gere and his appearance in The Godfather made him an international star, and during the 1990s he had a steady career on the big screen.
He also starred in Jennifer Eight (1992); When a Man Loves a Woman (1994); Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995); The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca (1997); and Desperate Measures (1998).
In recent years audiences have come to know him as Terry Benedict - the casino owner in Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven (2001). Since then he has appeared in Confidence (2003), The Lost City (2005), Smokin' Aces (2006), Ocean's Eleven (2004) and Ocean’s Thirteen (2007).
In 1982, he married María Victoria Lorido. The García family lives in Los Angeles and Miami. They are practicing Catholics.
Filmography
- The Last Full Measure (2007)
- South of the Border (2008)
- Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
- The Air I Breathe (2007)
- Smokin' Aces (2006)
- "George Lopez" (1 episode, 2006)
- The Lost City (2006)
- "Kurtlar vadisi" (2 episodes, 2005)
- Ocean's Twelve (2004)
- Nouveaux refus, Les (2004)
- Modigliani (2004)
- The Lazarus Child (2004)
- Twisted (2004)
- Confidence (2003)
- "Will & Grace" (1 episode, 2003)
- Just Like Mona (2003)
- "Frasier" (1 episode, 2001)
- Ocean's Eleven (2001)
- The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)
- The Unsaid (2001)
- For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000)
- Lakeboat (2000)
- Swing Vote (1999)
- Just the Ticket (1999)
- Desperate Measures (1998)
- Hoodlum (1997)
- The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca (1997)
- Night Falls on Manhattan (1997)
- Steal Big Steal Little (1995)
- Dangerous Minds (1995)
- Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)
- When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)
- Jennifer Eight (1992)
- Hero (1992)
- The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992)
- Dead Again (1991)
- The Godfather: Part III (1990)
- A Show of Force (1990)
- Internal Affairs (1990)
- Black Rain (1989)
- Clinton and Nadine (1988)
- American Roulette (1988)
- Stand and Deliver (1988)
- The Untouchables (1987)
- 8 Million Ways to Die (1986)
- "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1 episode, 1985)
- The Mean Season (1985)
- The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (1984)
- "Hill Street Blues" (2 episodes, 1981-1984)
- The Lonely Guy (1984)
- "Brothers" (1 episode)
- A Night in Heaven (1983)
- Guaguasi (1983)
- "For Love and Honor" (1 episode, 1983)
- Blue Skies Again (1983)
- "Archie Bunker's Place" (1 episode, 1979)
- "¿Qué pasa, U.S.A.?" (1 episode, 1978)
Awards
- ALMA Award Outstanding Made-for-TV Movie or Mini-Series "For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story" 2001
- NATO/ShoWest Male Star of the Year Award 1991
- Nosotros Golden Eagle Award Best Actor 1991
